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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
Death OF Hon. lohn N. Berry.

John McDonough Berry, Justice OF the
Supreme Court Of Minnesota, died ut his
resid ce in Minneapolis, from paralysis.
IL began last May in a peculiar numbness
OF the right hand 1t seemed in the nature
OF paralysis. and evidences appeared ofthe
progress Of the paralysis. Within a month
it had affected the whole right side OF his
body. And the brain, too, was touched
by the fatal malady.
Judge Berry was a native of Pittsfeld, n.
H. In 90 he moved to Faribault. Mime
sofa, and atonee came into prominence. in
SO he was member ofthe territorial house
OF representative YES and chairman OF the iu-
dietary committee. In 562 he was sent to
the state senat from Rice county, and in
1864 he WAS elected associate justice OF
the supreme court, a position he has held
n honored ever since. His residence in
Minneapolis dates from 1879. His distaste
Tor o~stenation and publicity is evidenced
in his expressed wish for a private funeral,
which will OF course be complied with.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
They Took Him at His Word,

Major j. II. SHELTON related in our
hearing the following diverting Incl.
dent ofthe sanguinary battle ofSharps.
burg or Antietam:
General Rarksdale drew his men mn
in line, and addressed them in sub
stance as follows:-
MEN, upon this battle hangs. in all
probability, the destiny of the confed-
eracy, the destiny OF our beloved
homes, the destiny OF our property.
the destiny OF our fathers, OF ons
mothers. of nj sweethearts: then LET
every man OF us be a hero in the
STRIFE and aequit us like men. II
there be a man among you that pos
sesses none of these precious thipps
tnat nave Just enumerated and feels
that he has nothing to battle for, if he
steps to the, front / will give him per-
mission to retire in ignominious safe.
ty."
At this l%uncture two lean, lank, dirt.
eating looking shadows of men stepped
TO b front. and one of them in nasal
tones drawled out:
"Gen'rul, men him" pointing To his
comrade, "hain't got no home. No
pappy, no nanny, no wife, no sweet.
heart, an nary nigger-kin we sos'Trs
Inc general looked at them with
whitening scorn for a few seconds. and
then pointing to the woods in the
rear, Numbered, "Giti" And they cot.
-Hartwell Ca Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

woui seem no influence could bring a ire
mon OF fear. And now a bailiff approaches,
and seizing Parsons robe passed a Ieathern
strap around his ankles. In u moment they
were closely pinioned together. Engel's
legs were next strapped together, and
when the official approached Fischer
the latter Strengthened up his tall figure
TO It's full height, and placed his
ankles close together TO facilitate the opera
ton. Spies was the last. but he was the first
around whose neck the fatal cord was
placed. One OF the attendant bailiffs seized
the moose in front of Spies, and passed. it
deftly over the doomed mans head, Il
caught over his right ear. but Spies, with q
shake Of his head, cast It down AROUND his
neck, and then the bailiff frightened it till it
touched the warm flesh. aud carefully placed
the knot beneath the left ear. When the
officer approached. Fischer threw baci; his
head and barred his long. muscular throst by
the movement Fischer's neck was very
long. and the moose nestled snugiy
around III When II was tightened around
his ~windpipe Fischer turned around to sIples
and ~laughinsly whispered something, IN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

formed a painful contrast with the dark,
brown gallows. with its four uoosed
ropes hanging omInously near the floor
Ii was exactly 1850 o'clock when Chief
Bailif Cahill entered the corridor and stood
beneath the gallows He requested in
solemn tones that the gentlemen present
would removes their hats Instantly every
head was barred. Then she tramp. tramp OF
many footsteps was heard ~resoundIng from
the central corridor, and he crowd In front
of the gallows knew hat the condemned
men had begun the march of death. The
slow, steady march sounded nearer and
nearer. The anarchists were within q few
feet of the scaffold. There was a pause.
The condemned men were about to mount
the stairway leading to theiast platform from
which they would ever speak Step by step,
they steadily mounted the stairway and again
there was another slight pause Every eve
was bent upon the metallic angle around
which the four wretohed victims were ex-
pected to make their appearance, A mo-
ment later the curiosity was rewarded
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
THE DOCTORS; REPORT:

Detailed Results of the Observations of tho
Medical Men-A Quiet DispersaI-Fisch
Autograph
CHICAGO, Nov 11.-Considerable interest
attaches to the observations taken by the
doctors after the drop fell. The following is
their report
Pulses of Spies, Engei. Fischer and Parsons
after the drop: First minute Spies, 119: Par
sons. 60; Fischer, 60; Engel. go Second min
~ute-Spies, 104; Fischer, IS; EnGel, g6: Par
sons, 100 Two and one-half minutes after the
drop-Spies, half minute, 81: Fischer, "a; En-
gel. 80: Parsons, heavy respiration aud convul-
siye pulse, which could not be counted.
Three minutes after drop-Spies. half
minute, AZ: Fischer, %; Engel, so;
Parsons, convulsive jerking and witch
ing, and gaspin2. conyulsive respiration.
Three and a half minute after drop: Spies,
half-minute. 70: mo report as to the others.
Four minutes: Spies, half-minute, 90: Fischer.
10; Engel, Is: Parsons, 6~0-convuisive -Four
and a halt minutes; Spies, half minute, 20;
Fischer. rate Per minute, 43: Engel, per minute,
IS: Parsons, no report BY doctors Five min
utes: Spies, half minute, 19i Fischer, 81.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
General Drum on the state militia.

Adjt. Gen. Drum, u. S. A., in his an
nual report states:
The steadily increasing interest mani
tested by the militia OF the states is eyint-
ed by the high percentage OF attendance at
the annual encampments and thegenerally
excellent military spirit of the troops.
With the liberal increase Of the appropri-
alton made at the last session OF congress
for the benefit of the militia it is earnestly
hoped that the state military authorities
viii, by an increased allowance OF animu.
milton, foster and develop the efficiency oil
the Fap tn sqd r tss IN tagSst adf4Sr lie sa EsG9 en-
eampment of an officers school for in
struction in battilion drill and the admin
istration OF a post. He suggests the adj
vantage Of holding during the winter a
non-commissioned officers school, the
captain as instructor, for instruction in
company drill. guards and sentinels and
the administration OF a company. Young
officers OF the army could he spared during
the winter to report to the adjutants gem
eral of states on application OF governors
10 aid in the instruction oi both officers
and non-commisioned officers. The re-
ports OF officers on duty as military pro-
lessons 10 colleges and universities are
generally satisfactory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
Retribution for the Massacre at the
Haymarket at Last Melted
Out.
GhostEy Forms Tread Slowly and
Firmly Along the Corridors to the
Engine Of Death.
The Drop Falls and All But Engle Die
Slowly of Strangula-
ton.
Report of the Doctors and Disposition
of the Bodies Now Lying
Cold in Death.
LAST Performances

ihe Reading Of the Death Warrant to the
Four Condemned M,n-Investipg Them
With the white sh,oads
CHICAGO, Special Telegram, Nov. 1L-At
11:20 The fnal act of the horrible tragedy
began. With uncovered heads and pale
faces, Sheriff Matson and Deputies Harkey.
Cleveland, Spears, Peters and Calvin, County
Physician Moyer and Jaller Folx emerged
from the latter's private office. In his left
band the sheriff carried a bundle of docu-
merits in a heavy MANILA envelope bound
with rcd tape. The documents were the
death warrants of August Spies. Albert r.
Parsons, George Engel and Adolph Fischer.
In a single file, with Sheriff Matson
at The head, they marched through
the jail office. across the cage and
turning to the left, halted before the cell Of
spies. The door was unlocked and slowly
swung open. Spies arose calmly and stood
on the threshold defantly with folded arms
Ia a voice trembling n almost inaudible
from emotion the sheriff read the death
warrant TO him. Spies face was without a
trace of color, but the only sign of emotion
he showed AS q nervous pressing of the
eyebrows When Sheriff Matsoa had fiuished
Spies looked at him for a moment steadily.
but without ~maleyoience, and then said SEN
cautiously; Sheriff, you are now
~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

Engel, 80; Parsons. per minute, II2 pulse be-
coming ~stsaiier. Five and a half minutes:
Spies. haif-minute, %, in very faint: Fischer,
%: Engel. 80 and faint: Parsons. convnlsive.
Six minutes, Spies, Quarter-minute. l6; Fischer,
~half-minute. 81; Engel, 80: Parsons convulsfve.
Immediately after the close Of the sixth minute
DIR. Mover announced that he was unable to feel
any pulse in Spies wrist. Six and one-haif
maaautes, Fischer, halt minute. 81; Engel. 30:
~half-minute, 81; Parsons pulse no longer per-
ceptible: Engel, not stated. Seven and one-half
minutes after drop, Fischer, %: no pulse per-
ceptible in the others.
Seven minutes and forty-fve seconds after
the condemned dropped Fischor's pulse was
declared to have ceased The hands were
visible and could De seen to have turned ex-
tremely purple. Those of Engel and Fischer
were darker in shade than the hands of Spies
and Parsons. Upon the expiration OF eleven
and a half minutes after the drop fell, DIR.
Meyer announced that Fischer's pulse had re-
sumed its action at the rate of so per minute.
The other physicians felt for the pulse, but
none of them could discover any, and stated
what appeared to DIR. Meyer a pulsation was
simply the convulsive motions of tensions
.couLDs'T ENpuRE THE SIGHT.
Many Of the spectators turned their heads
at the fatal instant, but experienced eyes
saw that the body of Spies struggled fear.
luHy al urkh fIsnef ulu not move Tor q mo-
ment or two, and then he hung limp, but
struggled for a few moments, during which
his cowl was ~disarranged. exposing a part of
isface until the body was turned around by
the physician who was examining the pulse.
Engles body made scarcely a mo-
ton after it had fallen. When Parsons
body fell it remained stationary
for some moments Then the head nodded
back and forth while the upper portion of
the body was ~convulsed, the bosom heaved
SO hard that it seemed as II it would burst
through the shroud With another violent
throw of the whole body the contest between
life and death ended. As soon as the doctors
had declared the four men TO be dead, those
who had witnessed the execution began to
depart in a most orderly manner in great
contrast to previous occasions of a similar
character. 1t WA wonderful to
note how quickly the sxcite nient
which had filed the Jail all the
morning Gained down. The 200 prisoners
confined in the place who had been I'm fever
all during The tragic event OF the day. re-
gaines their usual spirits. They craak
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
Home Heroines.
The Domestic Monthly.

The Domestic Monthly.
Unless one has been with them, it is
not possible to understand the trials
and hardships that have cometo most
of the Southern women since the var
But, whatever may have been Their
previous condition, they rarely make
a sign, but c~ourageously turn then
hands to whatever they can find ~
do. Those most tenderly guarded ana
carefully educated have bravelytaksn
up new duties, and shown splenolo
capabilities. / do not wish to draw
comparisons between men and WON
On, for we all know there are innumer'
able ways in which a woman can
make and save penny ofwhich q man
knows nothing. But / have sen
many families where refined and hlgn-
ly educated and accomplished women
were the supporters and breaosir
ners for themselves and children. whlls
the husbands and fathers were yalniy
wishing they could find something q
do.
One OF the most noble and houorea
women 1 ever knew is to-day at tns
head OF the girls department OF "
Beaufort graded school for white cnis
dren. IL she sometimes recalls theoio
times when her family stood smo19
the highest in a land proud o. nv
pure Huguenot blood. living IN 9
elegant mansion, seth never -
than twenty house servants IN "
yard" she has the good senss y
rarely allude to all this. She Know
that adversely cannot affect her lE
cage. If she still believes in sections.
aristocracy, and has lukewarm mtes
est and no faith in the elevation y.
my poor colored women, it does ~
lessen my admiration and respecs y
her courage and devotion to WORK ~
to all good works around her. az
this noble woman whom ] know = ~
type OF many OF whom j hear.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
THE

The Solemn March to the Gallows and the
Last Dread reiiminaries-The Men Meet
Leath u ninchihgIy.
CHICAGO, Special Telegram, Nov IL
Within the jail fully $50 newspaper men,
local politicians and the twelve jurors Sc
lected 10 view the bodies after execution,
were assembled in the dark corridors al
joining the gsllows as early as 10 o'clock.
When the word passed around. about IL
o'clock, that b fnal hour had indeed ar
rived. mems faces grew pale. and the hum
OF excitement passed through the crowd.
The rattlipg of chairs. tables and benches
continued for several minutes, but BY Hos
there began to fall a hush. and conyersa-
ton aanonR the crowd sank almost to a
whispss The bare. whitewashed walls
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

Springfield. The sheriff had no men to spare
to-day to go with them, and 1t was thought
inadyisable to take them on the noon tram,
as SO dong might have resulted ia the
gathering or dangerous crowds on the
streets. and perhaps violence The sheriff
sGates. however. that the two men will be
taken down to the penitentiary on the train
tomorrow. lust after the execution n
reporter visited Sam Fielden and Michae,
Schwab. They had been assigned to ce Is
In the second tier almost facing the doc,
which leads from the cage into the jail office.
Flelden was pacing up and down his cell
with his hands clasped behind him and his
bushy beard pressed down close to his chess
Now and then he would ston and cast a
furtiye glance at the fleeing figures OF re-
porters and deputy sheriffs in and out of The
door below. The reporter accosted him
with:
"Mr. Fielder, it is all over"
Yes, IL Is all over, +" came the response in a
panied by a sad shake of the head. 1t is ali
over"
And that was all he would say. Just to
the left of Fielden's cell Michael Schwab was
confined. He sat on bis couch with his head
buried In his hands When the reporter ap-
peared at the iron grated door Schwab
] looked up, and responsive to the scribe's
greeting. said:
Good day Yes" no continued In hts native
tongue, Il heard the trap fall and knew at once
A@SE n SAos AaSA 1Ona
and what / say cannot influence their fates OF
conciliate mine: but Isay, and with q conscious
ness that Its victims are under tne same roof
with me-, that the blind prejudice of an unholy
conspiracy has murdered i've men as innocent
OF the charge which they were convicted as a
babe unborn. But it is done and cannot be I'M
done. Spies. Engel, Parsons, Fischer aud Lingg
were no more connected with the death OF
Matthias ]. Degsn than you are. l. is useless
TO protest the Innocence OF the men caught in
the drag net Ut the states attorney and Capt
Schaack. l expect to speut the rest of my
natural life In prison. and am virtually dean To
the world, but the crime for which we suffer will
some day be cleared up. II may come In time to
save Fielder and /, but the mea who forfeited
their lives to-day will ever stand as q stain on
the escutcheon of the country
MI: Schwab." asked the reporter, -are you
behaif2"
Yes, and nc. I believe that had the proper
method been pursued we would have had sepa-
rate trials. and nc seven juries ever impsueled
would have found US all even under the evidence
con1ured up. guilty of the crimes alleged. We
had eminent counsel 1t is true. butthe damage
wrought could not be repaired at the laso houi
they took hold of the case. III we had had the
money whacn later poured in, and could hays
used II at the outset. not q man OF us would have
been held under any Of the Indictments nled
Capt. Black has worked hard, but he has been
hsnaicapped~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

New Workers are grumbling because
the elevatsd railroads do not run
trains enough in the busy part of the
day. A Herald reporter who watched
and counted during the period oil
heaviest uptown travel one Monday
evening, found that there was rarely
SO much as two minutes interval be-
tween the trains Of five ears each. The
shortest interval was one minrte and
Eve seconds, and the longest was three
minutes. Only one was so long as
that. and most were from one ane a
quarter to One and a half minutes.
Yet the reporter and the editor de.
nounce the company for failing to
meet the demands OF the public. and
clamor for trains with not more than
one minutes interval, notwithstand.
ing the danger being greater OF run.
ming such a short time apart.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

hind him underneath his snowy shroud. He
walked with a firm. almost stately tread
across the platform and took his standu under
the left hand moose at the corner of the
scaffold, farthest from the side at which he
had entered Very pale was the expressive
face. ard a
SOLEMN, PARKWAY LIGHT
shone in his blu eyes His tawny hair was
brushed hack in the usual crisp waves from
the big white forehead. Nothing could be
imagined more melancholy, and at the same
time digniied. than the expression which
sat upon the face of August Spies at that
moment. The chin was covered with a
freshly budding beard and partially con-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17

Advices from Alaska via British Column
bia bring further news regarding the muir
der OF the late Archbishop Seghers, as
brought out at the trial ut Sitka, by Frank
Fuller, the murderer. They are similar to
first reports.
The gloomiest rumors come from Berlin
concerning the Emperor William. Ii is
said that he tainted and all the members
oil his family were summoned to his bed.
side.
Hector Mel can, one OF Winnipe,'s most
prominent auctioneers during the boom
days, has woed and won the hand of a
San Diego, Cal, fair one, whose age is So,
and who possesses q fortune OF 500. 900.
p%eputations from several socialist or
~ganiZations attended the funeral in Paris
oil the Communist Potter and attempted
to display red flags. The police interfered,
and a riot ensaed. The people in the process,
sion showed resistance. and tile police were
compelled to draw their sabers. On the
~cortege reaching the cemetery violent
speeches were made, and there was cries OF
"Viye la Commune NJ. Jaffrin, a mem.
Der OF the municipal council, who was one
oil the leaders in the disturbance, was ar.
rested.
The cabinet have decided not to con.
woke parliament until the end OF February
in order to avoid the enibarrassments OF
parliamentary criticism of the course pur-
sued by the government in Ireland. Mr..
obrien Was renioyed to tho prison in6rm-
airy on the doctors orders. A warrant
has been issued fur the arrest OF Mr.. Coy
Mp for iailing To answer a summons for
his appearance in ctlfrt. John Dillon, adj.
dressing n league meeting IA Dublin, said
that Balfour had pat 0sBrien in prison in
revenge Tor 0Brien's criticisms of the gov.
ernment's course in Ireland.
The people OF Dubuque are greatly
alarmed over the incendiury attempts to
DIES troy their property.
At WATERFOWL, Dak., Nicholas Kcifey
was sentenced TO five years in the peniten.
tiary Tor incest @. c. Hoyt was fined
$500 Tor selling iptoxicating liquors with.
out n license.
At Cincinnati, Rev. Joseph Parker nj
London in a lecture Incidentally men.
tlofied the.naRe OF Gladstone, when he Vas
interrupted by iong,continued applause.
Fire nearly destroyed the business nor.
ton oil the little town OF Brooks. n few
miles west Of Corning. Adams county.
IOWA The Marsh hotel. the residence Of
w. H%Trcker, the Tucker Bros. hnnb.r
yard and general store were completely
destroyed, Loss $4,000.
Very destructive prairie fires are renort
cd IN Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin,
Chief Justice Bartlett Tripp and Mrs
Jennie u. Washburn OF Yankton. Dak-
were quietly married at the residence -,
she brides brother, Hon. G. X. Davis, nj.
81. a ON the 9Th inst., Rev. SIS
smith officiating. Only a few intimats
friends oil the family were present. After
the ceremony the couple left for n hr;s,
,tlp IN the East, before returning to thei,
homein fankton. Chief j Justice Tr;nn w.
one OF the first appointees by the presens
adtainistration, succeeding Judge Eipers
Ton formerly United States senator iron,
Minnesota. IRON
The Chicago boodlers were sash L..
swo years 10 State pris on. s'ssp
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-17
At the meeting OF the Northeastern

At the meeting of the Northeastern
department OF the American Shipping
and Industrial League in Boston,
President spoford, in his opening adj
dress, presented some facts relating
to our merchant marine that, while
not particularly new. are as hnriliat-
ing as ever. Out of a total OF 5000
and more merchant vessels entered in
the principal ports of the world. at a
recent date, there were 81 American
bottoms only, a number less than
that of the stars upon the American
flag. Our sea-going tonnage has de-
clined from 2,379,3 800 tons in 1860,
to less than hall that amount in
1855. Modern italy, as young a ma
ton as she is, is no unimportant rival
OF the United States, and we stand in
much the same relation with Ger
many, a nation still young
er; while Great Britain, our
ancient rival, has a sea-goine
tonnage exceeding the aggregate of the
three nations combined. In 1860.
out of a total OF 9159,o GOO, 900 in
value, imports and exports. 81 per
cent was carried in American bot
toms, while in 1882 our flag covered
but Is per cent out OF a total OF
1920. 000. 900 in value. MulhaIl, the
authority in statistics relating to
ships and shipping, says that the
merchant feet OF Great Britain rose
from 1s,000,o 900 tons in 1881 to
"a 1000. 600 in 1884, an increase OF
33 per cent; and, headds. that the car
rying powsros British shipping is equal
to that Of all other flags in the world.
The CONTRAST in steam tonnage be-
tween the United States and Great
Brirain iamors strikingstill the iormer
having q total OF 5s4. 1877, aud the lat.
tins s2s 900 tom.
z@r-
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raised himself to his full height. while his
burly form seemed to expand with the feel
ings that were within him. Last came
though it was very pale When he stepped
upon the gallows he turned partially side
ways to the dangling moose, and regarded 1t
with a fixed, stony gazs-one of mingled
surprise and curiosity. Then he slaughtered
under the fourth moose. and, as he
did SO, he turned his big brown eyes uron
the crowd below with such u look of awful
EPRoACH AND SADNESS
as could not fail TO strike the innermost
chord Of the hardest heart there. Ii was a